Richard Froese
South Peace News
Big Lakes County council has cancelled its regular meeting of May 28.
At its regular meeting Jan. 22, council approved a motion to cancel the meeting due to the absence of a quorum of five members of nine members of council.
Five members will be attending the annual conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities at Ottawa from May 29 to June 1, CAO David Reynolds says.
“FCM has a proven track record of advocating for the needs of municipalities to the federal government, including landmark federal investments in infrastructure, housing, transit and rural transportation, climate adaptation and more, so attendance at the FCM conference is important,” Reynolds says.
“However, if five council members attend the conference, there will not be a quorum to hold the regular council meeting on May 28.”
When council adopted the interim operating budget at its regular meeting Dec. 11, the budget for the FCM convention was reduced to allow up to five council members to attend, not all council members.
During budget deliberations Nov. 22, Reeve Tyler Airth recommended that council cap the number of council delegates instead of allowing all nine council members to attend.